This abridged edition of Albert Mackey's classic The Symbolism of Freemasonry portrays the world's oldest and largest fraternity through the account of one of its own members, who explains the philosophy and science behind its legends and mysterious symbols. While Freemasonry is not a religion, its central preoccupations remain charitable work within a local or wider community, moral uprightness and the development and maintenance of fraternal friendship. This fine paperback edition features a cloth, foil-stamped spine.